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The following book is a collection of mystery-themed short-stories, chosen by the editor, ulian Hawthorne. A total of nineteen stories can be found inside, and featured authors and their works include the following: Honore de Balzac ('Melmoth Reconciled, 'The Conscript'), Luigi Capuana ('The Deposition'), and Pliny, the Younger ('Letter to Sura').
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The last person Lavender Aramath Thibideaus expects to meet at the open house of her bookstore: Mysterious Death, Ink. , is the ghost of a former policeman. His appearance usually presages a death. A hit and run homicide and a questionable death at a rest area on I-35 follow. These two deaths begin a rampage of murder and mayhem, spurred by the pursuit of the mastermind of a local drug cartel. Lavender and her two police officer cousins, Alphonse...
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This book is titled Hidden Relationships of the Homicide Detective. The responsibility of overseeing the Homicide Unit and my everyday exposure to witnessing violent crimes throughout the city of Birmingham led me to write this fiction novel that depicts a young man who takes a circuitous route in his quest to restore the luster in his parents dismal marriage. While in pursuit of what he believes is the key to restoring happiness in his family, Trey...
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"Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it," said C.S. Lewis, one of the greatest English writers of the medieval period. This book is a part of a set of ten books of the Greatest Classic Series containing thrilling and exciting stories with an amazing suspense and mystery surrounding each one of them that will arouse your curiosity and compel you to go through all the stories written by the world acclaimed author, Sir Arthur Conan...
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"Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it," said C.S. Lewis, one of the greatest English writers of the medieval period. This book is a part of a set of ten books of the Greatest Classic Series containing thrilling and exciting stories with an amazing suspense and mystery surrounding each one of them that will arouse your curiosity and compel you to go through all the stories written by the world acclaimed author, Sir Arthur Conan...
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Death at Arbours tells the story of Emily Clayton who spent her childhood in an orphanage in London where for undisclosed reasons, she was never adopted. When Emily's marriage takes her to the United States, she remains there when her young husband dies mysteriously. After years of indecision, she finally returns to England to seek her parentage. Her search leads to a wealthy but reclusive London family who invites her to their country estate, Arbours,...
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From Ed McBain to Sara Paretsky: a celebration of over fifty years of mystery masterworks.
For over fifty years, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine has been one of the foremost magazines of mystery and suspense. This celebratory anthology features such bestselling writers as Lawrence Block, Ed McBain, and Jan Burke, just three of the esteemed contributors to have appeared in the magazine's pages over the past five decades.
This impressive anthology...
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A baffling fire results in the death of the daughter of a powerful businessman in Marin County. Authorities call in Brian Gilbert, macro-forensics expert, to investigate. The investigation takes him from Marin County to the hollers of West Virginia as he tracks down the clues. Along the way, he stumbles across the girl of his dreams. Will he solve the mystery and get the girl?
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16 Countesses of Crime recount tales of Murder, Mayhem and Revenge, with tales ranging from the 14th through to the 21st-Century.
Including fiction from Karen Skinner, Hilary Davidson, Pauline Gostling, Linda Kerr, Kate Miller, Tiffany Lindfield, Lena Ng, Ginny Swart, Sandrine Bergès, Michelle Ann King, Amanda Steel, Kelly Lewis, Paulene Turner, Madeleine McDonald, Claire Leng and Joan Hall Hovey.
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What? Puccini isn't a green vegetable? Dumb the populace down and one can sell anything. Who needs Chopin and Mozart when there are Britney Spears, Michael Bolton and Kenny G? Why dine on penne con fungi when Hamburger Helper and Hungry Man frozen dinners are available? Got white merlot to sell, no problem! Got a war to sell, no problem! Fill the local news broadcasts with the latest celebrity gossip, NASCAR results and fear of foreigners, all the...
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This book is a part of a set of ten books of the Greatest Classic Series containing thrilling and exciting stories with an amazing suspense and mystery surrounding each one of them that will arouse your curiosity and compel you to go through all the stories written by the world acclaimed author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who is known across the globe for creating one of the greatest detectives, the world has ever known by the name of Sherlock Holmes....
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With a base photo from artistic and professional fashion photographer, Oleg Gekman, The I's Have It is the 7th CRIMEUCOPIA release.
So is there any real difference between the Private and the Public Sector investigators? Not much, if writers are to be believed, and the two can often be found straddling both sides of the 'what's legal procedure?' fence.
Of the twelve authors contained within, eleven are voices new to the world of Crimeucopia...
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The Irish are deeply passionate about their kinsmen, their country, their culture, and their way of life, as this collection of mysteries so richly illustrates. Slow to anger and equally slow to forgive at times, the children of the Emerald Isle have had plenty of experience on both sides of the law. The sixteen stories of Irish crime and mystery in this volume tell of good and bad men and women-heroes and villains both. All feature characters for...
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18 authors take time to look under the skin of the people, who sometimes, inhabit their heads, and put what they find down on paper.
In this anthology, the focus is on people, actions and the resultant reactions, motivation, and the instinct to survive, in one form or another.
It's been the basis of quite a few pieces of NOIR fiction, from the creation of the anti-hero, or simply a tale, where the 'Bad Guy' wins out for a change, through to the...
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They were truly the best of buddiesPhillipe Bardot, Jonathan Stone, James Brady, and Marie Arnettand they tended to be together in everything, such as school, church, play activities, etc., never thinking about anything except the equality of their friendship. The four of them were inseparable since they were ten years old, and their best times were the hazy, lazy days of summer but then the best laid plans of mice and men often go astray. Triple...
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In his introduction, guest editor James Patterson observes, "I often hear people lamenting the state of Hollywood ... If that's the case, I've got one thing to say: read these short stories. You can thank me later." Patterson has collected a batch of stories that have the sharp tension, drama, and visceral emotion of an Oscar-worthy Hollywood production. Spanning the extremes of human behavior, The Best American Mystery Stories 2015 features characters...
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Summary, Analysis & Review of Tana French's The Trespasser by Instaread Preview: The Trespasser by Tana French is a mystery novel in which Detective Antoinette Conway investigates the death of a young woman who was murdered. Although the circumstances surrounding her death seem obvious at first, Conway and her partner Steve Moran soon find themselves drawn into a delicate, complex investigation that could cost them their jobs. The story begins just...
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Contents: The purloined letter / Edgar Allan Poe, The black hand / Arthur B. Reeve, The biter bit / Wilkie Collins, Missing : page thirteen / Anna Katherine Green, A scandal in Bohemia / A. Conan Doyle The rope of fear / Mary E. and Thomas W. Hanshew, The safety match / Anton Chekhov, Some Scotland Yard stories / Robert Anderson.
20) Sword of Shame
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From its first arrival in Britain with the Norman forces of William the Conqueror, violence and revenge are the cursed sword's constant companions. From an election-rigging scandal in 13th century Venice to the battlefield of Poitiers in 1356, as the Sword of Shame passes from owner to owner in this compelling collection of interlinked mysteries, it brings nothing but bad luck and disgrace to all whoever possesses it.